Jena 2 – 1 Lokomotiv Justin leaned in towards the grinning Lipp. They were on the Lokomotiv team bus, returning back to Leipzig. The engine noise of the creaky old 1970’s bus meant they were unlikely to be heard even if they were using megaphones but Justin didn’t want to risk being overheard by the lads. “You look pretty happy […]
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“I am sorry Justin. The board just decided to go in a different direction.” Justin gritted his teeth and nodded. He’d spent the last three season here in Leipzig. Working hard for Lokomotiv as assistant manager to Wolfgang Wolf. Hard years for the English assistant out of his comfort zone, but rewarding years. He’d collected some badges, made a name […]
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When people talk about great teams or memorable teams they are often referring to teams with a very clear identity, a DNA that runs through them. It’s such an important part of club and team identity that this idea of a club vision or ethos has made its way into FM20. Certain teams are now categorised by their desire to […]
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I’ve written at length about expected goals (xG), expected assists, xG against and even received pass impact for Dictate the Game. I’ve also covered it here and on YouTube. xG and other metrics aren’t in the base game but can be really useful when trying to assess tactics or players. They can be pretty painful to work out though.
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I was looking for something different to do with my FM20 beta save whilst I waited for my Tahiti database. I needed some time to prepare Tahiti but I wanted to to be playing and recording in the meantime. So I went back to my statistics routes. I had put together a mini-series on using stats in FM19, and thought […]
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I don’t know if this is going to sound odd or not, but I don’t use my real name for my manager’s name in Football Manager. Or at least I haven’t since FM05. Every version since I have either used one particular manager name and profile, or a manager profile inspired by something FM related. At least usually. Manager 1: […]
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